Awarded contract

TVCA-PROC-0739 - Visit Tees Valley Website Events API

Details

Buyer: Tees Valley Combined Authority
Supplier(s): Phylum Forge Limited t/a Data Thistle
Value: £25,646.88
Duration: 9 months
Topic: Web page editing software development services
Published: 28 August 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority') is seeking to appoint a supplier to continue the provision of an event data Application Programming Interface (API) for a period of one year, with the option to extend for an additional three years on a 1 + 1 + 1 basis. The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a supplier that can: • Automatically source and aggregate relevant event data from third party websites. • Supply this data via an API feed for integration into the Visit Tees Valley website. • Ensure the “What’s On” section remains current, relevant, comprehensive and engaging for users. This notice and the contract document are being signed retrospectively due to internal delays. The contract commencement date is 2 March 2026 and will run until 1 March 2027, with the option to extend for up to three additional periods of one year each. ## Contract award Title: TVCA-PROC-0739 - Visit Tees Valley Website Events API

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 June 2026
Completed: Award published28 August 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date1 March 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

Tees Valley Combined Authority procures as a local authority body, buying on behalf of the wider TVCA Group. The Group also covers South Tees Development Corporation, Hartlepool Development Corporation, Middlesbrough Development Corporation and Teesside International Airport. Opportunities above a set financial threshold are advertised publicly on Find a Tender. Suppliers must register on the Delta eSourcing portal to view full tender documents and submit bids. Frameworks are the Group's preferred route to market, used ahead of running individual tenders. The Group also sets up its own frameworks for additional public bodies to use.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of the Tees Valley Combined Authority's contract awards have been in business services, architectural and engineering services and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

72212224 · Web page editing software development services
72322000 · Data management services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@tees-valley-combined-authority.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@tees-valley-combined-authority.gov
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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@tees-valley-combined-authority.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@tees-valley-combined-authority.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@tees-valley-combined-authority.gov